An exuberant bid for the Constitution

The Indicator from Planet Money

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Business

4.7 • 9.5K Ratings

🗓️ 19 November 2021

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

It's that time again! A crypto group fails to buy an original copy of the U.S. Constitution, Crypto.com succeeds in renaming LA's Staples Center, and warnings the economy might be too exuberant.

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0:00.0	NPR.
0:03.0	This is the indicator from Planet Money.
0:13.9	I'm Stacey Vanick Smith.
0:15.3	And I'm Jerry Moods.
0:16.3	Here for Indicators of the Week.
0:18.3	Indicators of the Week.
0:20.4	And I have a little teaser for you.
0:23.0	A little like taste of my indicator for the week.
0:25.3	Are you ready?
0:26.3	Hit me.
0:27.3	It happened last night.
0:28.3	Here it is.
0:29.3	A little bit of action.
0:30.3	Lots of 17, 87.
0:31.3	The Constitution of the United States of America.
0:34.8	A copy of the Constitution.
0:36.8	A million, 11 million, 12 million.
0:39.3	At 13 million, now 14 million.
0:41.3	What's the auction off last night, Darius?
0:43.7	I knew that America was facing a lot of polarization at the moment, but I didn't realize
0:50.5	that we're auctioning off its constitution.
0:53.5	Okay, it's one of 13 original copies.
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